The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-06-13
THERE IS AaHITCH II
IN TIE PROPOSED PAPER MILL
At Hnrper's Ferry, Owing to Some Legal
Tcchnicnlities-Ar Celebrated Case
Hard Work to Get lids tor tho New
'Et Cruisers... Washington Z Nows.
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WASHINGTON, D. O., Juno 12.-In 1881
tho United States Government sold ia
Thomas II. Slavery, Of Wilmington, Della.
ware. the valuable water power Of the
Shenandoah and Potomac rivers at nar.
per's Ferry, W. Va, owned by 1t In
connection with the sites Of the two Ma.
tional armories that existed before the
war. Last month he broke ground for the
erection OF extensive paper aud pulp
mills. He had proceeded but few days
with tho work when the Hsrper's Ferry
Mill Company, which owned property be-
low him, instituted suit in the Circuit
Court Of Jefferson county for the purpose
OF enioining him from exercising the
water rights formerly owned by the Gov.
ernment aud conveyed to him. The Court
granted the injunction, which threw ont
OF employment about 100 men, and inter.
iored with the work which Ssyery was
rushing with the expectation OF having q
mill in tull operation by the frs! OF next
September, which would give employ.
ment to q worry large number Of people,
and make Harper's Ferry an important
manufacturing town. =. i55''i
This unexpected obatacls has very sari.
ously disarranged the plano Of Mr.. Sayery,
as he had closed contracts for all the ma.
chinery and materials for the mill, and
involves loes to him Of several thousand
dollars. iyS 7f T.6 3Sy,s' 49,
A few days since MI. sayerv'sa 'sattorneys,
Messrs. d. 3. Lucas and Jas. D. Butt,
moved the State Court to send tho case to
the United States Court now in session at
Parkersburg, which motion was granted.
and the case will como mp for hearing in
tho latter Court on the motion to dissolve
the injunction, during the coming week. (
In conversation with Mr.. Bnit, who Is
in Washington to-day, and leave for
Parkersburg tonight, your correspondent
referred to the case, and Mr. Butt eaid:
The case presents very interesting
question. The United States, by large
expenditure Of money purchased The
landa and water privileges which they
sold to Mr.. Savery in 1884, and upon
which they had tho National Armory for
sixty-nve years. AS Mr.. sayery was aim-
ply exercising tho righta which the United
States enjoyed, the question arises that il
he is not permitted to do thi1 then the
United States could not have re-establish-
ed the National Armory there at the close
Of the war had they desired to do so. Mr..
savery has suspended operations at Har-
per's Ferry until his attorneys can have
an opportunity to have their motion
heard" Il .,.|i--F4 e,se = :
Mr.. Butt speaks very confidently Of the
ability OF tho attorneys to dissolve the
injunction sa soon as they eau get the car
Of the court. 3
! am informed that the proposed pulp
and paper mills, the construction Of which
has been thus temporarily interrupted,
will, when completed, give employment
70 from 500 to 700 people and will give
Harpe1's Ferry and Jeflerron county ouch
q business boom as they have not exper-
fenced since the war. ,,a 4.